Automobile headlight shade



Feb. 24. 1925. 1,527,918

L. RINEHART AUTQMQBIL HEADLIGHT SHADE Filed April 2e, 1924 Patented Feb. 24, 1925.

- #UNITED STATES,

LonoN RINEHART, or woonBiUnN, oRnGoN.

PATENT OFFICE.

AU'roMoBILn HnADLrGnT SHADE.

Application mea Aprirac, 1924. serial No. 709,243..

To all whom may concern.:

Beit known that I, LonoN RINART, a citizen of the United States, residing at ."Woodburn,V in the county of Marion and Stateof Oregon, have invented new and useful Im rovements in Automobile Headlight Sha es, vof which the following is a specification. j This invention relates to automobile headlights and has particular reference to an anti-glare shade" for a head-light. j

The principal objectof this vvinvention yis to provide a simply constructed .shade arrangement' adapted to be positioned over the Vbulb ofy a head-light for protecting in night driving. not vonly the vision of the driver of the motor vehicle carrying the attachment, but also that of the driver of an approaching car, ywithout detracting from the eiiiciency of the head-light.

An additional object is to provide an efcient andpnovelmeans for operating the shade, which means is so positioned with relation to the operator as to be readily operatable from the drivers seat.A

A further object of this invention is to provide a device of the character described which is simple in construction, economical to manufacture, highly efficient in use and a shade which can be readily applied to any type of car without materially alteringv the construction of the same.

Other .objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed toI designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the front part of an automobile showing a head-light in position thereon,

Figure 2 is a Vtransverse vertical section through a head-light, showing the shade- Vproach of another machine.

.'sarily forced' to repeatedly dim the headjusted thus resulting in collisions. To overf come this annoyanceA and in orderk to fur.- Qnlsh, the trade with a simply constructed device which will reduce to a minimum the danger of accidents and in order to provide a shade arrangement. fora head-light that -will stay in its adjusted position until actuatedy by the operator, I have devised. my

present.inventionv inwhich the numeral 6 more fully described.

About the socket I propose to place a collar 12 carrying a buer y13 and having integrally formed therewith an extension 14 which protrudes through a recess portion 15 of a shade 16 and is positioned between the inner periphery of the shade and the exterior of the lamp bulb 16', so as to prevent a rearwardA glare when the shade is in a shielding position.

It will be observed that the shade is pivotally lsecured as at 17 to an ear of the collar, and about thel pivotal point I propose to position a coil spring 18 having oneend thereof ixed to a lug 19 provided on the shade and its opposite end contacting la lug 20 formed on the collar 12.

This referred to spring 18 serves to actuate the shade 16 and retains the same over the bulb of the head-light, when the manually operated means, indicated as a whole by the reference character A, is actuated. The control means consists of a metal key 21 carried in an apertured tubular portion 22 secured to the instrument-board and preferably centrally located thereon.

It will be observed that the key is notched asv at 23 so as to receive therein the bevelled or pointed end of a pin 24. This pin is carried by a spring 25 adjacent one end thereof, which spring, in turn is connected at its opposite end to the tubular member 22, with the pin-penetrating the aperture 26 of the tubular member so as to be received in the notch 23 when the key is pulled inwardly. Secured to the end of they key is the cable 11 whichA is connected'ito the shade, illustrated in Figure 2, and also to a'shade on the opposite side of the car of similar Vconstruction, but not herein illustrated;-k

In the operation of my device manual actuation of the key 21 will cause the pin to be received in the notch oit' the key and the cable 1l will cause the shade'to vassume the dotted line position illustrated in Figure 4;, the buffer 13 serving to prevent any rattling of the device. On the other hand, when it is desired to shade the head-'light it is `only necessary to release the pointed pin 24 from the notch and the shade will assume the` position shown in Figure 2, and the hez'id-'liglit will be suficiently shaded so that danger of collision and accident notonly tothe v'machine to which the device is attached, 'but also to an :approaching car-will be reduced to a minimum, by virtue of the :Eull power of the light being thrown directly'in front of the oar withoutca'sting its blindihg'rays into the eyes of thejdriver of the approachingv vehicle.

A -Itis to be understoodthatftheform'gof my invention herewith shown and described is to 'be taken as a preferred example of the same, and .thativarious changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted lto without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoine'd claim;

Having thus vdescribed my invention, .I claim u v A `device of the character described com- .prising a :colla-r detaohably secured "to fthe socket ofva head-light, said"col`lar having formed Vthereon an upwardly protruding'extension,'a shade pivotally 'connected to Said collar and` havingY a' recess rearwardly Jformed therein for receiving the'eXt-ension Vof v'the collar,` a` 'spring carried `by sa-id shade 'and 'lugs formed Y'on 'said shade and f'o'ollan substantially' as and for' thef'pu-rpose; described'; In testimonywhereofIaix'mysignature L'oRoNRINnH-'Rrff 

